Senator suggests debate on ‘pot’
Easing penalties a possible way to check prison growth, he says
Posted: November 20, 2009 at 5:11 a.m.
A veteran legislator who this week suggested reassessing criminal penalties for marijuana as a way to curb growth in prison population said Thursday that he hasn’t decided if he’ll offer legislation to that effect.
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